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peaceful adjective Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end., Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.
peachick noun The chicken of the peacock.
pearlash noun A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.
pearlins noun pl. Alt. of Pearlings
pearlite noun Alt. of Pearlstone
pearmain noun The name of several kinds of apples; as, the blue pearmain, winter pearmain, and red pearmain.
peastone noun Pisolite.
peasweep noun The pewit, or lapwing., The greenfinch.
pebbling present participle & vb. noun of Pebble
peccable adjective Liable to sin; subject to transgress the divine law.
peccancy noun The quality or state of being peccant., A sin; an offense.
pectinal adjective Of or pertaining to a comb; resembling a comb., A fish whose bone/ resemble comb teeth.
pectoral adjective Of or pertaining to the breast, or chest; as, the pectoral muscles., Relating to, or good for, diseases of the chest or lungs; as, a pectoral remedy., Having the breast conspicuously colored; as, the pectoral sandpiper., A covering or protecting for the breast., A breastplate, esp. that worn by the Jewish high person., A clasp or a cross worn on the breast., A medicine for diseases of the chest organs, especially the lungs.
pectosic adjective Of, pertaining to, resembling, or derived from, pectose; specifically, designating an acid supposed to constitute largely ordinary pectin or vegetable jelly.
peculate verb i. To appropriate to one’s own use the property of the public; to steal public moneys intrusted to one’s care; to embezzle.
peculiar adjective One’s own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation., Particular; individual; special; appropriate., Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance., That which is peculiar; a sole or exclusive property; a prerogative; a characteristic., A particular parish or church which is exempt from the jurisdiction of the ordinary.
peculium noun The saving of a son or a slave with the father’s or master’s consent; a little property or stock of one’s own; any exclusive personal or separate property., A special fund for private and personal uses.
pecunial adjective Pecuniary.
pedagogy noun Pedagogics; pedagogism.
pedalian adjective Relating to the foot, or to a metrical foot; pedal.
pedality noun The act of measuring by paces.
pedantic adjective Alt. of Pedantical
pedantry noun The act, character, or manners of a pedant; vain ostentation of learning.
pedarian noun One of a class eligible to the office of senator, but not yet chosen, who could sit and speak in the senate, but could not vote; — so called because he might indicate his opinion by walking over to the side of the party he favored when a vote was taken.
pedaries plural of Pedary
peddling present participle & vb. noun of Peddle, Hawking; acting as a peddler., Petty; insignificant.
peddlery noun The trade, or the goods, of a peddler; hawking; small retail business, like that of a peddler., Trifling; trickery.
pederast noun One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.
pederero noun A term formerly applied to a short piece of chambered ordnance.
pedestal noun The base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like; the part on which an upright work stands. It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase molding. See Illust. of Column., A casting secured to the frame of a truck and forming a jaw for holding a journal box., A pillow block; a low housing., An iron socket, or support, for the foot of a brace at the end of a truss where it rests on a pier.
pedicule noun A pedicel.
pediculi plural of Pediculus
pediform adjective Shaped like a foot.
pedigree noun A line of ancestors; descent; lineage; genealogy; a register or record of a line of ancestors., A record of the lineage or strain of an animal, as of a horse.
pediluvy noun The bathing of the feet, a bath for the feet.
pedimana noun pl. A division of marsupials, including the opossums.
pedimane noun A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum.
pediment noun Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.
pedipalp noun One of the Pedipalpi.
pedireme noun A crustacean, some of whose feet serve as oars.
pedregal noun A lava field.
peduncle noun The stem or stalk that supports the flower or fruit of a plant, or a cluster of flowers or fruits., A sort of stem by which certain shells and barnacles are attached to other objects. See Illust. of Barnacle., A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland.
peekaboo noun A child’s game; bopeep.
peephole noun A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.
peerless adjective Having no peer or equal; matchless; superlative.
peerweet noun Same as Pewit (a & b).
pegasean adjective Of or pertaining to Pegasus, or, figuratively, to poetry.
pegasoid adjective Like or pertaining to Pegasus.
pegroots noun Same as Setterwort.
pelagian adjective Of or pertaining to the sea; marine; pelagic; as, pelagian shells., A follower of Pelagius, a British monk, born in the later part of the 4th century, who denied the doctrines of hereditary sin, of the connection between sin and death, and of conversion through grace., Of or pertaining to Pelagius, or to his doctrines.
pelasgic adjective Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, an ancient people of Greece, of roving habits., Wandering.
pelecoid noun A figure, somewhat hatched-shaped, bounded by a semicircle and two inverted quadrants, and equal in area to the square ABCD inclosed by the chords of the four quadrants.
pelerine noun A woman’s cape; especially, a fur cape that is longer in front than behind.
pelicoid noun See Pelecoid.
pellagra noun An erythematous affection of the skin, with severe constitutional and nervous symptoms, endemic in Northern Italy.
pelleted adjective Made of, or like, pellets; furnished with pellets.
pellicle noun A thin skin or film., A thin film formed on the surface of an evaporating solution.
pellmell adverb In utter confusion; with confused violence.
pellucid adjective Transparent; clear; limpid; translucent; not opaque.
pelopium noun A supposed new metal found in columbite, afterwards shown to be identical with columbium, or niobium.
pelotage noun Packs or bales of Spanish wool.
peltated adjective Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; — said of a leaf or other organ.
pelusiac adjective Of or pertaining to Pelusium, an ancient city of Egypt; as, the Pelusiac (or former eastern) outlet of the Nile.
pemmican noun Among the North American Indians, meat cut in thin slices, divested of fat, and dried in the sun., Meat, without the fat, cut in thin slices, dried in the sun, pounded, then mixed with melted fat and sometimes dried fruit, and compressed into cakes or in bags. It contains much nutriment in small compass, and is of great use in long voyages of exploration.
penality noun The quality or state of being penal; lability to punishment.
penalize verb t. To make penal., To put a penalty on. See Penalty, 3.
penanced imp. & past participle of Penance
penchant noun Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art.
penchute noun See Penstock.
penciled imp. & past participle of Pencil, Painted, drawn, sketched, or marked with a pencil., Radiated; having pencils of rays., Marked with parallel or radiating lines.
pencraft noun Penmanship; skill in writing; chirography., The art of composing or writing; authorship.
pendence noun Slope; inclination.
pendency noun The quality or state of being pendent or suspended., The quality or state of being undecided, or in continuance; suspense; as, the pendency of a suit.
pendicle noun An appendage; something dependent on another; an appurtenance; a pendant.
pendular adjective Pendulous.
pendulum noun A body so suspended from a fixed point as to swing freely to and fro by the alternate action of gravity and momentum. It is used to regulate the movements of clockwork and other machinery.
penelope noun A genus of curassows, including the guans.
pengolin noun The pangolin.
penhouse noun A penthouse.
penitent adjective Feeling pain or sorrow on account of sins or offenses; repentant; contrite; sincerely affected by a sense of guilt, and resolved on amendment of life., Doing penance., One who repents of sin; one sorrowful on account of his transgressions., One under church censure, but admitted to penance; one undergoing penance., One under the direction of a confessor.
penknife noun A small pocketknife; formerly, a knife used for making and mending quill pens.
pennated adjective Winged; plume-shaped., Same as Pinnate.
penology noun The science or art of punishment.
pensible adjective Held aloft.
pensived adjective Made pensive.
penstock noun A close conduit or pipe for conducting water, as, to a water wheel, or for emptying a pond, or for domestic uses., The barrel of a wooden pump.
pentacid adjective Capable of neutralizing, or combining with, five molecules of a monobasic acid; having five hydrogen atoms capable of substitution by acid residues; — said of certain complex bases.
pentacle noun A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, — used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages.
pentacra plural of Pentacron
pentafid adjective Divided or cleft into five parts.
pentagon noun A plane figure having five angles, and, consequently, five sides; any figure having five angles.
pentelic adjective Alt. of Pentelican
pentroof noun See Lean-to.
pentylic adjective Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, pentyl; as, pentylic alcohol
penuchle noun Alt. of Pinocle
penumbra noun An incomplete or partial shadow., The shadow cast, in an eclipse, where the light is partly, but not wholly, cut off by the intervening body; the space of partial illumination between the umbra, or perfect shadow, on all sides, and the full light., The part of a picture where the shade imperceptibly blends with the light.
penwiper noun A cloth, or other material, for wiping off or cleaning ink from a pen.
penwomen plural of Penwoman
penwoman noun A female writer; an authoress.
peopling present participle & vb. noun of People
peoplish adjective Vulgar.
pepastic adjective & noun Same as Maturative.
peperine noun Alt. of Peperino
peperino noun A volcanic rock, formed by the cementing together of sand, scoria, cinders, etc.
peppered imp. & past participle of Pepper
pepperer noun A grocer; — formerly so called because he sold pepper.
peptogen noun A substance convertible into peptone.
peracute adjective Very sharp; very violent; as, a peracute fever.
perbreak noun See Parbreak.
perceive verb t. To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord., To take intellectual cognizance of; to apprehend by the mind; to be convinced of by direct intuition; to note; to remark; to discern; to see; to understand., To be affected of influented by.
perching present participle & vb. noun of Perch
perchant noun A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering.
perclose noun Same as Parclose., Conclusion; end.
perflate verb t. To blow through.
perforce adverb By force; of necessary; at any rate., To force; to compel.
perfumed imp. & past participle of Perfume
perfumer noun One who, oe that which, perfumes., One whose trade is to make or sell perfumes.
perfused imp. & past participle of Perfuse
periagua noun See Pirogue.
perianth noun The leaves of a flower generally, especially when the calyx and corolla are not readily distinguished., A saclike involucre which incloses the young fruit in most hepatic mosses. See Illust. of Hepatica.
periblem noun Nascent cortex, or immature cellular bark.
pericarp noun The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.
pericope noun A selection or extract from a book; especially (Theol.), a selection from the Bible, appointed to be read in the churches or used as a text for a sermon.
pericula plural of Periculum
periderm noun The outer layer of bark., The hard outer covering of hydroids and other marine animals; the perisarc.
peridium noun The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars.
periergy noun Excessive care or diligence., A bombastic or labored style.
perigean adjective Pertaining to the perigee.
perigeum noun That point in the orbit of the moon which is nearest to the earth; — opposed to apogee. It is sometimes, but rarely, used of the nearest points of other orbits, as of a comet, a planet, etc. Called also epigee, epigeum.
perigone noun Any organ inclosing the essential organs of a flower; a perianth., In mosses, the involucral bracts of a male flower., A sac which surrounds the generative bodies in the gonophore of a hydroid.
perilled of Peril
periling present participle & vb. noun of Peril
perilous adjective Full of, attended with, or involving, peril; dangerous; hazardous; as, a perilous undertaking., Daring; reckless; dangerous.
perineal adjective Of or pertaining to the perineum.
perineum noun The region which is included within the outlet of the pelvis, and is traversed by the urinogenital canal and the rectum.
periodic adjective Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine., Alt. of Periodical
perioeci noun pl. Alt. of Perioecians
periople noun The external smooth horny layer of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
periotic adjective Surrounding, or pertaining to the region surrounding, the internal ear; as, the periotic capsule., A periotic bone.
perisarc noun The outer, hardened integument which covers most hydroids.
periscii noun pl. Those who live within a polar circle, whose shadows, during some summer days, will move entirely round, falling toward every point of the compass.
perished imp. & past participle of Perish
perisoma noun Same as Perisome.
perisome noun The entire covering of an invertebrate animal, as echinoderm or coelenterate; the integument.
perissad adjective Odd; not even; — said of elementary substances and of radicals whose valence is not divisible by two without a remainder. Contrasted with artiad.
perjenet noun A kind of pear.
perjured imp. & past participle of Perjure, Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn.
perjurer noun One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense.
perlitic adjective Relating to or resembling perlite, or pearlstone; as, the perlitic structure of certain rocks. See Pearlite.
permeant adjective Passing through; permeating.
permeate verb t. To pass through the pores or interstices of; to penetrate and pass through without causing rupture or displacement; — applied especially to fluids which pass through substances of loose texture; as, water permeates sand., To enter and spread through; to pervade.
permians noun pl. A tribe belonging to the Finnic race, and inhabiting a portion of Russia.
permuter noun One who permutes.
pernancy noun A taking or reception, as the receiving of rents or tithes in kind, the receiving of profits.
peronate adjective A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery.
peroneal adjective Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula.
perorate verb i. To make a peroration; to harangue.
peroxide noun An oxide containing more oxygen than some other oxide of the same element. Formerly peroxides were regarded as the highest oxides. Cf. Per-, 2.
perruque noun See Peruke.
persecot noun See Persicot.
persever verb i. To persevere.
persicot noun A cordial made of the kernels of apricots, nectarines, etc., with refined spirit.
persolve verb t. To pay wholly, or fully.
personae plural of Persona
personal adjective Pertaining to human beings as distinct from things., Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals; peculiar or proper to private concerns; not public or general; as, personal comfort; personal desire., Pertaining to the external or bodily appearance; corporeal; as, personal charms., Done in person; without the intervention of another., Relating to an individual, his character, conduct, motives, or private affairs, in an invidious and offensive manner; as, personal reflections or remarks., Denoting person; as, a personal pronoun., A movable; a chattel.
perspire verb i. To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat., To be evacuated or excreted, or to exude, through the pores of the skin; as, a fluid perspires., To emit or evacuate through the pores of the skin; to sweat; to excrete through pores.
persuade verb t. To influence or gain over by argument, advice, entreaty, expostulation, etc.; to draw or incline to a determination by presenting sufficient motives., To try to influence., To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe., To inculcate by argument or expostulation; to advise; to recommend., To use persuasion; to plead; to prevail by persuasion., Persuasion.
perthite noun A kind of feldspar consisting of a laminated intertexture of albite and orthoclase, usually of different colors.
pertness noun The quality or state of being pert.
pertused adjective Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.
perusing present participle & vb. noun of Peruse
peruvian adjective Of or pertaining to Peru, in South America., A native or an inhabitant of Peru.
pervaded imp. & past participle of Pervade
perverse adjective Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted., Obstinate in the wrong; stubborn; intractable; hence, wayward; vexing; contrary.
pervious adjective Admitting passage; capable of being penetrated by another body or substance; permeable; as, a pervious soil., Capable of being penetrated, or seen through, by physical or mental vision., Capable of penetrating or pervading., Open; — used synonymously with perforate, as applied to the nostrils or birds.
pesanted adjective Made heavy or dull; debased.
peschito noun See Peshito.
peshitto noun The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament.
pessulus noun A delicate bar of cartilage connecting the dorsal and ventral extremities of the first pair of bronchial cartilages in the syrinx of birds.
pestered imp. & past participle of Pester
pesterer noun One who pesters or harasses.
pestling present participle & vb. noun of Pestle
petaline adjective Pertaining to a petal; attached to, or resembling, a petal.
petalism noun A form of sentence among the ancient Syracusans by which they banished for five years a citizen suspected of having dangerous influence or ambition. It was similar to the ostracism in Athens; but olive leaves were used instead of shells for ballots.
petalite noun A rare mineral, occurring crystallized and in cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia.
petalody noun The metamorphosis of various floral organs, usually stamens, into petals.
petaloid adjective Petaline.
petalous adjective Having petals; petaled; — opposed to apetalous.
petering present participle & vb. noun of Peter
peterero noun See Pederero.
petermen plural of Peterman
peterman noun A fisherman; — so called after the apostle Peter.
petiolar adjective Alt. of Petiolary
petioled adjective Petiolate.
petition noun A prayer; a supplication; an imploration; an entreaty; especially, a request of a solemn or formal kind; a prayer to the Supreme Being, or to a person of superior power, rank, or authority; also, a single clause in such a prayer., A formal written request addressed to an official person, or to an organized body, having power to grant it; specifically (Law), a supplication to government, in either of its branches, for the granting of a particular grace or right; — in distinction from a memorial, which calls certain facts to mind; also, the written document., To make a prayer or request to; to ask from; to solicit; to entreat; especially, to make a formal written supplication, or application to, as to any branch of the government; as, to petition the court; to petition the governor., To make a petition or solicitation.
petitory adjective Petitioning; soliciting; supplicating.
petrific adjective Petrifying; petrifactive.
petronel noun A sort of hand cannon, or portable firearm, used in France in the 15th century.
petrosal adjective Hard; stony; petrous; as, the petrosal bone; petrosal part of the temporal bone., Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the petrous, or petrosal, bone, or the corresponding part of the temporal bone., A petrosal bone., The auditory capsule.
pettifog verb i. To do a petty business as a lawyer; also, to do law business in a petty or tricky way., To advocate like a pettifogger; to argue trickily; as, to pettifog a claim.
petulant adjective Forward; pert; insolent; wanton., Capriciously fretful; characterized by ill-natured freakishness; irritable.
petuntse noun Alt. of Petuntze
petuntze noun Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain.
pewterer noun One whose occupation is to make utensils of pewter; a pewtersmith.
pezizoid adjective Resembling a fungus of the genus Peziza; having a cuplike form.